Touch Screen Controls are a Danger

[Sub5]

I remember the old man's Austin Cambridge. You had to get the handle out and crank her up to get it started

 

[John N]

Aye min, nae bad yirsel? It wis affa fine here i day fir a change.

Nae sae bad mirsel, affa hot doon here fir a change tae, wir Quiney ist fae Inverurie!

 

[John N]

I'm left handed.

Is that an advantage? I have found that driving LH cars overseas is easier as I'm using my Right Hand to Change Gears!

 

[markjay]

US Navy to ditch touch screen ship controls

Familiar wheels and throttle controls will replace "overly complex" touch screens, says US Navy.

www.bbc.co.uk

'...the control systems were "overly complex" because shipbuilders had little official guidance on how they should work.'

Yup.

 

[John]

Is that an advantage? I have found that driving LH cars overseas is easier as I'm using my Right Hand to Change Gears!

Strangely, I found the same when driving in Spain.

I actually enjoyed manuals again for a while.